Australia

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart home and travel to Australia

Day 2: Travel to Australia (due to the International Dateline, this day is lost to a time zone change).

DAY 3: Arrive in Sydney, explore the Sydney Harbour area with visits to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and relax on Bondi Beach before checking-in to your hotel.

DAY 4: Learn about Australia’s early harsh history of convict settlement at the Rocks, walk alongside the Botanic Gardens, tour Sydney Opera House, and, perform a concert in one of Sydney’s incredible venues.

DAY 5: Walk across the Sydney Bridge and sail to Manly on Sydney Harbor. At Manly, walk from the Harbour to the Pacific Ocean and enjoy a dinner of fish and chips before heading back to Sydney for the evening.

DAY 6: Visit a wildlife park to see koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie animals. Meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble in the afternoon.

DAY 7: Transfer to the airport to begin your journey home.

Explore the land down under, sightsee in Melbourne, discover Fairy Penguins on Phillip Island, and walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart home and travel to Australia

Day 2: Travel to Australia (due to the International Dateline, this day is lost to a timezone change).

DAY 3: Arrive in Sydney, explore the Sydney Harbour area with visits to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and relax on Bondi Beach before checking-in to your hotel.

DAY 4: Learn about Australia’s early harsh history of convict settlement at the Rocks, walk alongside the Botanic Gardens, tour Sydney Opera House, and, perform a concert in one of Sydney’s incredible venues.

DAY 5: Walk across the Sydney Bridge and sail to Manly on Sydney Harbor. At Manly, walk from the Harbour to the Pacific Ocean and enjoy a dinner of fish and chips before heading back to Sydney for the evening.

DAY 6: Visit a wildlife park to see koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie animals. Meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble in the afternoon.

DAY 7: Fly to Melbourne and spend the afternoon touring the city, passing by the grand Cathedrals, the Arts Centre, Melbourne’s renowned parks, beaches and shopping precincts.

DAY 8: Explore Melbourne’s Federation Square, and meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble

DAY 9: Travel to a sheep farm and visit Phillip Island, a world famous site where you can see the Fairy Penguins swim ashore to roost nightly.

DAY 10: Transfer to the airport to begin your journey home

Explore the land down under, visit the Currumbin Sanctuary, and walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart home and travel to Australia

Day 2: Travel to Australia (due to the International Dateline, this day is lost to a timezone change).

DAY 3: Arrive in Sydney, explore the Sydney Harbour area with visits to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and relax on Bondi Beach before checking-in to your hotel.

DAY 4: Learn about Australia’s early harsh history of convict settlement at the Rocks, walk alongside the Botanic Gardens, tour Sydney Opera House, and, perform a concert in one of Sydney’s incredible venues.

DAY 5: Walk across the Sydney Bridge and sail to Manly on Sydney Harbor. At Manly, walk from the Harbour to the Pacific Ocean and enjoy a dinner of fish and chips before heading back to Sydney for the evening.

DAY 6: See koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie animals at a wildlife park. Meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble in the afternoon

DAY 7: Fly to Brisbane and visit Southbank Parklands before traveling to Australia’s beach city, the Gold Coast.

DAY 8: Tour the Currumbin Sanctuary to take a selfie with Koalas and see the famous daily Rainbow Lorikeet feeding, and explore the Gold Coast beach in the afternoon.

DAY 9: Tour the city of Brisbane, and meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble.

DAY 10: Transfer to the airport to begin your journey home.

Explore the land down under, visit the Great Barrier Reef, and walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart home and travel to Australia

Day 2: Travel to Australia (due to the International Dateline, this day is lost to a timezone change).

DAY 3: Arrive in Sydney, explore the Sydney Harbour area with visits to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and relax on Bondi Beach before checking-in to your hotel.

DAY 4: Learn about Australia’s early harsh history of convict settlement at the Rocks, walk alongside the Botanic Gardens, tour Sydney Opera House, and, perform a concert in one of Sydney’s incredible venues.

DAY 5: Walk across the Sydney Bridge and sail to Manly on Sydney Harbor. At Manly, walk from the Harbour to the Pacific Ocean and enjoy a dinner of fish and chips before heading back to Sydney for the evening.

DAY 6: See koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie animals at a wildlife park. Meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble in the afternoon.

DAY 7: Fly to Cairns and take an orientation tour of the city. In the afternoon, tour the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park to experience the richness and subtlety of Aboriginal culture.

DAY 8: Sail the Great Barrier Reef to discover a world of coral, brightly colored fish and a seabed teeming with life.

DAY 9: Glide on top of the rainforest canopy at the Kuranda Koala and Wildlife Park and perform a concert in Cairn.

DAY 10: Transfer to the airport to begin your journey home.

Explore the land down under, walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and tour the set of the Lord of the Rings,

Itinerary

DAY 1: Depart home and travel to Australia

Day 2: Travel to Australia (due to the International Dateline, this day is lost to a timezone change).

DAY 3: Arrive in Sydney, explore the Sydney Harbour area with visits to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and relax on Bondi Beach before checking-in to your hotel.

DAY 4: Learn about Australia’s early harsh history of convict settlement at the Rocks, walk alongside the Botanic Gardens, tour Sydney Opera House, and, perform a concert in one of Sydney’s incredible venues.

DAY 5: Walk across the Sydney Bridge and sail to Manly on Sydney Harbor. At Manly, walk from the Harbour to the Pacific Ocean and enjoy a dinner of fish and chips before heading back to Sydney for the evening.

DAY 6: See koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie animals at a wildlife park. Meet and perform an exchange concert with a local ensemble in the afternoon.

DAY 7: Fly to Auckland and take an orientation tour of the city.

DAY 8: Explore Auckland with a guided city tour, visit Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World, and meet and perform a concert with a local ensemble.

DAY 9: Travel to Rotorua, tour shooting locations from the Lord of the Rings, and spend an evening learning about Maori culture.

DAY 10: Discover the bubbling mud pools and shooting geysers at Whakarewarewa Thermal Park, and transfer to Auckland to begin your journey home.